McDonald's bombers jailed

An Indonesian court has sentenced five men to between seven and 12 years in prison for the deadly bombing of a McDonald's restaurant and a car dealership in South Sulawesi province.

Judges in the city of Makassar jailed Masnur bin Abdul Latif and Ilham Riady for 12 and eight years respectively for the bombings on December 5, Muhammad Arifin Ghani, head of the Makassar prosecutor's office, told AFP.

Usman Nuraffan and Anthon Labasse were each sentenced to eight years while Lukman was sentenced to seven years in prison, Ghani said.

About 20 suspects were arrested and some have already been jailed for their role in the bombings which killed three people including one of the plotters at McDonald's.

Some accused have admitted being members of the Laskar Jundullah Islamic militia and to receiving weapons training in the Philippines, Ghani said earlier.

Police have said some suspects in the Makassar bombings knew those behind the Bali blasts on October 12 last year which killed 202 people.

Investigators have blamed the Bali attack on Jemaah Islamiah, a regional extremist network which authorities say has some links to al-Qaeda.